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Colom: ‘Not accurate’ to say Schumer recruited him

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The Hill reports that Sen.-elect Scott Colom (D-Miss.) disputed the idea that Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) personally recruited him to run for Senate. Colom said the people of Mississippi deserve the credit for his upset victory. Speaking to MS NOW's Symone Sanders, he said Schumer "did initially understand that our party has to look south for future leadership."

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  1. The Hill FIRST 1h ago Colom: ‘Not accurate’ to say Schumer recruited him

    Sen.-elect Scott Colom (D-Miss.) pushed back on the idea that Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) personally recruited him to run for Senate, saying the people of Mississippi deserve the credit for his upset victory. “He did initially understand that our party has to look south for future leadership,” Colom told MS NOW’s Symone Sanders…

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